1956 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

none These are the results of the 1956 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, between 14 and 22 April.Detailed results (pp 179–188) Only the top 6 athletes have been reported for some finals. Men's results 100 metres Heats – 14 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Paulo da Fonseca 10.7 Q 2 1 Gerardo Bönnhoff 11.0 Q 3 1 Antonio Vanegas 11.2 Q 4 1 Fermín Donazar 11.2 5 1 Pedro Araguin 11.7 1 2 João Pires Sobrinho 10.7 Q 2 2 Teodoro Blaschke 10.9 Q 3 2 Roberto Ferrario 11.0 Q 4 2 Gerardo Salazar 11.0 5 2 José Ravell 11.2 6 2 Guillermo Martínez 11.7 1 3 Jorge de Barros 10.9 Q 2 3 Hugo de la Fuente 11.1 Q 3 3 Guillermo Sebastiani 11.1 Q 4 3 Arturo Flores 11.2 5 3 Gilberto Truque 11.2 1 4 Luis Vienna 10.7 Q 2 4 Ciro Braceiro 10.9 Q 3 4 Enrique Stewart 11.0 Q 4 4 Jorge Pérez 11.0 5 4 Constantino Fascie 11.3 Semifinals – 14 AprilSeries, semifinales y finales https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/1/1/f/11f3b426d85e23f5cc5f46e1e47b293fd9cf42ada0addca0d7ea94bdae1e98e2/LN_1956_04_15_flat.pdf 3 April 2026 La Nación (Chile) 15 April 1956 12 Spanish Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 João Pires Sobrinho 10.6 Q 2 1 Luis Vienna 10.7 Q 3 1 Hugo de la Fuente 10.8 Q 4 1 Guillermo Sebastiani 10.9 5 1 Ciro Braceiro 10.9 9 1 Roberto Ferrario 99.9 DQ FS False start 1 2 Paulo da Fonseca 10.8 Q 2 2 Gerardo Bönnhoff 10.9 Q 3 2 Teodoro Blaschke 10.9 Q 4 2 Antonio Vanegas 11.0 ? 6 2 Enrique Stewart 11.1 ? 6 2 Jorge de Barros 11.1 ? Final – 15 April Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Paulo da Fonseca 10.6 3 Gerardo Bönnhoff 10.7 5 João Pires Sobrinho 10.7 4 1 Luis Vienna 10.7 5 4 Teodoro Blaschke 10.8 6 6 Hugo de la Fuente 12.0 200 metres Heats – 17 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gerardo Bönnhoff 21.8 Q 2 1 Guillermo Sebastiani 21.9 Q 3 1 Teodoro Blaschke 22.0 Q 4 1 Paulo da Fonseca 22.1 5 1 José Ravell 22.6 1 2 Armando da Silva 21.8 Q 2 2 Jaime Aparicio 22.0 Q 3 2 Juan Ferro 22.2 Q 4 2 Jorge Velásquez 22.8 5 2 Óscar Nietzel 22.9 6 2 Guillermo Martínez 23.8 1 3 Hugo Krauss 22.3 Q 2 3 Wilfredo Sanguinetti 22.3 Q 3 3 Rodolfo Beltrán 22.8 Q 4 3 Carlos Sierra 22.8 5 3 Pedro Araguin 23.5 1 4 João Pires Sobrinho 21.8 Q 2 4 Ciro Braceiro 22.1 Q 3 4 Arturo Flores 22.3 Q 4 4 Antonio Vanegas 22.3 5 4 Jorge Pérez 22.5 Semifinals – 17 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gerardo Bönnhoff 21.7 Q 2 1 Armando da Silva 21.8 Q 3 1 Arturo Flores 22.1 Q 4 1 Teodoro Blaschke 22.1 5 1 Rodolfo Beltrán 22.3 6 1 Wilfredo Sanguinetti 22.3 1 2 João Pires Sobrinho 21.7 Q 2 2 Jaime Aparicio 21.7 Q 3 2 Guillermo Sebastiani 22.2 Q 4 2 Ciro Braceiro 22.2 9 2 Juan Ferro 99.9 ? 9 2 Hugo Krauss 99.9 ? Final – 19 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes João Pires Sobrinho 21.5 Jaime Aparicio 21.7 Gerardo Bönnhoff 21.8 4 Guillermo Sebastiani 21.9 5 Armando da Silva 22.0 6 Arturo Flores 22.2 400 metres Heats – 14 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Hugo Krauss 50.0 Q 2 1 Carlos Pereira 50.0 Q 3 1 Carlos Sierra 50.0 4 1 Rodolfo Bertrán 50.1 5 1 Mário do Nascimento 50.2 6 1 Jorge O'Brien 52.5 1 2 Jaime Aparicio 48.8 Q 2 2 Ulisses dos Santos 49.2 Q 3 2 Juan Carlos Acosta 49.3 4 2 Carmelo Peña 50.5 5 2 Óscar Nielsen 51.2 6 2 José Laca 52.5 1 3 Zados Guardiola 48.5 Q 2 3 Argemiro Roque 49.3 Q 3 3 Eulogio Gómez 49.5 4 3 Herbert Echerry 50.5 5 3 Oscar Delori 51.2 6 3 Gustavo Tapia 51.2 Final – 15 April Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jaime Aparicio 47.7 CR South American Championships in Athletics 2 Zados Guardiola 48.2 3 Argemiro Roque 49.0 4 1 Ulisses dos Santos 49.4 5 5 Carlos Pereira 49.7 6 4 Hugo Krauss 50.4 800 metres 19 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 1:49.0 AR South American Eduardo Balducci 1:51.5 NR Argentine Argemiro Roque 1:52.4 NR Brazilian 4 Waldo Sandoval 1:52.4 5 Eduardo Fontecilla 1:54.0 6 Sebastião Mendes 1:54.3 7 Odilon Dias Netto 1:54.4 NT 7 Albano Arízar 1:54.4 NT 7 Jorge O'Brien 1:54.4 NT 7 Juan López 1:54.4 NT 7 Orlando Arévalo 1:54.4 NT 7 Emir Miller 1:54.4 NT 7 Carlos Pereira 1:54.4 NT 1500 metres 15 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 3:48.4 AR South American Eduardo Balducci 3:53.4 Waldo Sandoval 3:54.5 4 Sebastião Mendes 3:55.2 5 Eduardo Fontecilla 3:57.6 6 Antônio Roque 4:01.3 7 Albano Arízar 4:01.4 NT 7 Orlando Arévalo 4:01.4 NT 9 Juan Miranda 9:99.9 DNF 5000 metres 14 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Osvaldo Suárez 14:30.8 CR South American Championships in Athletics Jaime Correa 14:47.8 Walter Lemos 14:51.7 4 Santiago Novas 15:10.4 5 Luís Rodrigues 15:11.8 6 Jorge González 15:17.4 7 Juan Guerra 15:17.5 NT 7 Laudinor da Silva 15:17.5 NT 7 Edgar Freire 15:17.5 NT 7 Albérico Correa 15:17.5 NT 7 Segundo Torres 15:17.5 NT 7 Luis Paredes 15:17.5 NT 7 Wenceslao Bárzola 15:17.5 NT 10,000 metres 19 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Osvaldo Suárez 30:12.2 CR South American Championships in Athletics Walter Lemos 30:27.4 Alfredo de Oliveira 31:41.0 4 João dos Santos 31:47.2 5 Armando Pino 32:09.8 6 Haroldo Gallardo 32:26.2 7 Armando Terán 32:26.3 NT 7 Segundo Torres 32:26.3 NT 7 Luis Paredes 32:26.3 NT 7 Wenceslao Bárzola 32:26.3 NT 7 Albérico Correa 32:26.3 NT 9 Jaime Correa 99:99.9 DNF 9 Jorge González 99:99.9 DNF Half marathon 22 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Osvaldo Suárez 1:08:54 CR South American Championships in Athletics Walter Lemos 1:09:00 Juan Silva 1:10:31 4 Armando Pino 1:10:57 5 Alfredo de Oliveira 1:11:06 6 Luís Rodrigues 1:12:32 7 Alfonso Cornejo 1:12:33 NT 8 João dos Santos 1:12:34 NT 9 Luis Paredes 1:12:35 NT 10 Wenceslao Bárzola 1:12:36 NT 11 Segundo Torres 1:12:37 NT 12 Armando Terán 1:12:38 NT 13 José Elías Pérez 1:12:39 NT 110 metres hurdles Heats – 15 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Estanislao Kocourek 15.1 Q 2 1 Francisco Bergonzoni 15.2 Q 3 1 Carlos Witting 15.2 4 1 Luis Huarcaya 15.3 1 2 Guillermo Zapata 15.3 Q 2 2 Ubaldo Kuntze 15.3 Q 3 2 Ary de Sá 15.4 4 2 Héctor Henriquez 15.6 5 2 Alfredo Estavillo 16.1 1 3 Ijoel da Silva 15.0 Q 2 3 Ariel Standen 16.2 Q 9 3 Eduardo Laca 99.9 DNF Final – 17 April Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ijoel da Silva 14.7 5 Estanislao Kocourek 14.9 4 Francisco Bergonzoni 15.1 4 6 Ubaldo Kuntze 15.3 5 2 Guillermo Zapata 15.5 6 1 Ariel Standen 15.7 400 metres hurdles Heats – 19 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Jaime Aparicio 54.1 Q 2 1 Anubes da Silva 54.8 Q 3 1 Roberto van Megrott 56.7 4 1 Hugo Sepúlveda 56.9 1 2 Pablo Eitel 54.6 Q 2 2 Zados Guardiola 55.7 Q 3 2 Ubaldo Kuntze 56.3 4 2 Emir Millier 57.6 5 2 Jorge Miranda 57.7 6 2 Francisco Bergonzoni 60.4 1:00.4 1 3 Guillermo Zapata 55.4 Q 2 3 Ulisses dos Santos 55.7 Q 3 3 Heber Etcheverry 56.6 4 3 Ariel Standen 57.3 Final – 21 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jaime Aparicio 52.0 CR South American Championships in Athletics Zados Guardiola 53.1 Anubes da Silva 54.2 4 Pablo Eitel 54.4 5 Ulisses dos Santos 54.8 6 Guillermo Zapata 58.3 3000 metres steeplechase 21 AprilNova dio a Chile otro record sudamericano https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/f/2/3/f23a98e1ee04479875c5d929a550d7d8c947d85d9d1844f12605ca5a637700c6/LN_1956_04_22_flat.pdf 7 April 2026 La Nación (Chile) 22 April 1956 13 Spanish Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Santiago Novas 9:09.0 AR South American Sebastião Mendes 9:17.4 Guillermo Solá 9:25.8 4 Haroldo Gallardo 9:32.2 5 Edgar Freire 9:58.4 6 Viterbo Rivero 10:02.6 7 Rolando Subirós 10:02.7 NT 7 Armando Terán 10:02.7 NT 4 × 100 metres relay Heats – 19 AprilSe lucieron las damas chilenas https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/9/2/1/921556b2d3a30eb417527a2880c9293ddf31d9b8ab3a70689e863502b250c013/LN_1956_04_20_flat.pdf 7 April 2026 La Nación (Chile) 20 April 1956 Spanish Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 1 Luis Vienna, Roberto Ferrario, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Juan Carlos Acosta 42.0 Q 2 1 Fermín Donazar, José Ravell, Óscar Nietzel, Carlos Pereira 42.8 Q 9 1 Gerardo Salazar, Enrique Stewart, Guillermo Sebastiani, Wilfredo Sanguinetti 99.9 DQ 1 2 Teodoro Blaschke, Eduardo Bezanilla, Jorge Pérez, Patricio Letelier 42.4 Q 2 2 Gilberto Truque, Constantin Fascie, Antonio Venegas, Aristipo Lerma 42.4 Q 3 2 João Pires Sobrinho, Jorge de Barros, Paulo da Fonseca, Armando da Silva 43.7 Q 9 2 Arturo Flores, Guillermo Martínez, Pedro Araguin, N. Alvarado 99.9 DQ Final – 21 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes João Pires Sobrinho, Jorge de Barros, Paulo da Fonseca, Armando da Silva 41.4 Gerardo Bönnhoff, Luis Vienna, Roberto Ferrario, Juan Carlos Acosta 41.5 Gilberto Truque, Constantin Fascie, Antonio Venegas, Aristipo Lerma 42.6 4 Fermín Donazar, José Ravell, Óscar Nietzel, Carlos Pereira 43.0 9 99.9 DQ 4 × 400 metres relay 22 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Jaime Aparicio, Zados Guardiola, Carlos Sierra, Antonio Vanegas 3:14.6 AR South American Argemiro Roque, Mário do Nascimento, Anubes da Silva, Armando da Silva 3:16.1 Rodolfo Beltrán, Juan Carlos Acosta, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Eduardo Balducci 3:16.8 4 Hugo Krauss, Waldo Sandoval, Ramón Sandoval, Pablo Eitel 3:17.3 5 Eulogio Gómez, Jorge O'Brien, José Laca, Juan López 3:19.1 6 José Ravell, Carlos Pereira, Heber Etcheverry, Emir Miller 3:24.8 High jump 14 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Oscar Bártoli 1.93 Ernesto Lagos 1.90 Juan Ruiz 1.85 Alberto Bacan 1.85 5 Horacio Martínez 1.85 6 Sergio Montes 1.85 7 Hajime Nakajima 1.80 7 Luis Huarcaya 1.80 7 Odilon Dias Netto 1.80 10 Roberto Vázquez 1.75 11 Carlos Guarderas 1.70 11 Martín Richtenberg 1.70 Pole vault 17 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes José Luis Infante 3.90 Gonzalo Rojas 3.90 Fausto de Souza 3.90 4 Roberto Argachá 3.90 5 Cristián Raab 3.80 6 Carlos Oralde 3.70 7 César Santini 3.70 8 Octávio Mariotto 3.60 9 Itiro Takahashi 3.50 Long jump 15 April Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Fermín Donazar x 7.23 7.23 Ary de Sá 7.14 – – 6.94 6.83 6.94 7.14 Luís Akuta x x x 7.10 4 Ahylton da Conceiçao 7.05 5 Albino Geist 6.95 6 Carlos Vera 6.79 Triple jump 19 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Jorgely Figueira 15.14 Luis Huarcaya 14.69 Carlos Vera 14.63 4 Luís Akuta 14.47 5 Renato do Nascimento 14.34 6 Eugenio Muñoz 14.10 Shot put 15 April Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Alcides Dambrós 14.52 14.77 14.97 14.72 14.77 x 14.97 Rubén Scaraffia 14.72 14.72 Günther Kruse 13.97 4 Nadim Marreis 13.82 5 Armin Nevermann 13.80 6 Isolino Taborda 13.78 7 Leonardo Kittsteiner 13.5? 7 Fernando Morales 13.?? Discus throw 21 April Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Günther Kruse 47.61 47.22 46.62 40.82 41.68 47.58 47.61 CR South American Championships in Athletics Hernán Haddad 47.24 47.24 Pedro Ucke 46.56 4 Eduardo Julve 45.49 5 Elvio Porta 44.17 6 Dieter Gevert 42.43 7 Manuel Fernández 41.56 8 Nadim Marreis 41.39 9 Héctor Menacho 40.03 10 Walter Yaeger 39.63 11 Walter da Costa 39.61 12 Enrique Vázquez 37.91 Hammer throw 17 April Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Alejandro Díaz 52.88 52.88 Edmundo Zúñiga x 50.69 50.76 50.81 51.71 50.11 51.71 Elvio Porta 47.48 48.81 49.64 x 51.55 48.05 51.55 4 Walter da Costa 50.38 50.38 5 Arturo Melcher 49.58 6 Walter Kupper 49.55 7 Enrique Vázquez 44.59 8 Haroldo Guimarães 43.46 9 Manuel Etchepare 43.24 Javelin throw 14 April – old model Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Ricardo Héber 58.59 60.80 64.18 62.33 64.45 58.55 64.45 Néstor Matteucci 61.51 61.51 Carlos Monge 59.20 4 Fernando Ceballos 58.72 58.72 5 Janis Stendzeniecks 52.14 58.34 x 56.13 57.85 57.58 58.34 6 Osmar Duque 56.40 7 Manoel da Silva 55.92 8 Mar Núñez 55.87 9 Hans Hillmann 54.71 10 Jorge Tostirelli 54.65 11 Orlando Couto 52.90 Decathlon 21–22 April – 1952 tables (1985 conversions given with *) #F2F5A9 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsConv.Notes Héctor Menacho 11.4 6.14 12.39 1.65 51.5 16.3 42.93 3.10 42.71 4:43.8 5671 6132* Leonardo Kittsteiner 11.7 6.11 14.19 1.67 52.4 16.3 33.73 3.00 51.57 4:54.3 5499 6007* Aldo Ribeiro 11.4 6.18 10.70 1.74 52.5 15.8 31.48 3.20 47.88 4:54.8 5401 5926* 4 Oscar Bártoli 12.1 6.49 10.99 1.95 54.3 17.2 35.21 3.20 48.32 4:52.0 5364 5930* 5 Luís Fernandes 11.6 6.05 9.77 1.65 52.5 16.2 31.34 3.20 42.15 4:26.2 5211 5777* 6 Ary de Sá 11.0 6.88 10.04 1.72 54.7 16.0 28.20 3.00 43.07 5:20.2 5110 5674* 7 Roberto Vásquez 12.3 6.16 11.33 1.87 54.9 17.2 35.28 3.20 43.68 5:05.8 4937 5597* 8 Emir Martínez 11.6 6.19 12.14 1.65 61.1 1:01.1 17.9 37.61 3.20 45.37 4:43.7 4871 5512* 9 Raúl Osorio 11.7 6.12 10.42 1.70 51.8 17.3 30.23 3.10 45.93 9:99.8 DNF 4630 5006* 10 Hernán Figueroa 12.0 5.53 11.58 1.75 59.5 99.9 ? 33.72 0.00 ? 00.00 – 9:99.9 – 0 DNF 0 – Women's results 100 metres Heats – 14 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gladys Erbetta 12.2 Q, =CR South American Championships in Athletics 2 1 Hannelore Poetscher 12.8 Q 3 1 Teresa Venegas 13.0 4 1 Dora Sánchez 13.4 1 2 Eliana Gaete 12.5 Q 2 2 Martha Huby 12.6 Q 3 2 Edith Berg 12.7 4 2 Marlene Santos 13.0 1 3 Lilián Buglia 12.2 Q, =CR South American Championships in Athletics 2 3 Beatriz Kretschmer 12.6 Q 3 3 Wanda dos Santos 13.0 4 3 Edelma Gutiérrez 13.3 5 3 Elsa Campos 13.4 Final – 15 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gladys Erbetta 12.2 =CR South American Championships in Athletics Beatriz Kretschmer 12.4 Eliana Gaete 12.4 4 Martha Huby 12.6 5 Hannelore Poetscher 12.7 9 Lilián Buglia 99.9 DNF 200 metres Heats – 17 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Martha Huby 26.3 Q 2 1 Teresa Venegas 26.4 Q 3 1 Maria José de Lima 27.3 1 2 Hannelore Poetscher 26.5 Q 2 2 Olga Bianchi 26.5 Q 3 2 Patricia Rodoni 26.8 4 2 Edelma Gutiérrez 26.8 5 2 Rosa Sánchez 28.2 1 3 Gladys Erbetta 25.2 Q, CR South American Championships in Athletics 2 3 Beatriz Kretschmer 26.2 Q 3 3 Elsa Campos 27.4 Final – 19 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Beatriz Kretschmer 25.5 Gladys Erbetta 25.8 Martha Huby 26.1 4 Teresa Venegas 26.5 5 Olga Bianchi 26.6 6 Hannelore Poetscher 26.7 80 metres hurdles Heats – 21 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wanda dos Santos 11.5 Q 2 1 Ada Brener 11.8 Q 3 1 Marlene Hyslop 12.5 Q 4 1 Ana Cárdenas 12.6 5 1 Dora Sánchez 15.9 1 2 Eliana Gaete 11.8 Q 2 2 Beatriz Kretschmer 11.9 Q 3 2 Maria José de Lima 12.2 Q 4 2 Teresa Carvajal 13.2 5 2 Olga Catter 13.5 Final – 22 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wanda dos Santos 11.5 Eliana Gaete 11.6 Ada Brener 11.9 4 Maria José de Lima 12.0 5 Marlene Hyslop 12.2 9 Beatriz Kretschmer 99.9 DNS 4 × 100 metres relay 22 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Gladys Erbetta, Lilián Buglia, Edith Berg, Olga Bianchi 48.6 Marlene Hyslop, Eliana Gaete, Teresa Venegas, Patricia Rodoni 49.3 Wanda dos Santos, Maria José de Lima, Marlene Matos, Hannelore Poetscher 49.4 4 Elsa Campos, Gaby Donaire, Dora Sánchez, Martha Huby 51.0 High jump 21 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Nelly Gómez 1.50 Elizabeth Müller 1.50 María Cañas 1.50 Cleide Eloy 1.50 5 Ida Visentainer 1.45 5 Gladys Erbetta 1.45 Long jump 15 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Gladys Erbetta 5.88 AR South American Ada Brener 5.41 Olga Bianchi 5.39 4 Marlene Hyslop 5.32 5 Wanda dos Santos 5.25 6 Ida Visentainer 5.04 Shot put 19 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Eliana Bahamondes 11.95 CR South American Championships in Athletics Pradelia Delgado 11.84 Elizabeth Müller 11.31 4 Isabel Avellán 11.20 5 Julia Huapaya 11.06 6 Nelly Yugo 10.57 7 Ingeborg Mello 10.45 8 Lilian Poetzcher 10.00 9 Zulema Bonaparte 9.18 Discus throw 14 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Isabel Avellán 44.08 CR South American Championships in Athletics Rosa Riveros 38.22 Ingeborg Mello 38.08 4 Daisy Hoffmann 37.63 5 Zulema Bonaparte 37.02 6 Pradelia Delgado 36.97 7 Lilian Poetzcher 34.81 8 Julia Huarpaya 34.31 Javelin throw 22 April – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Marlene Ahrens 48.73 AR South American Carmen Venegas 40.70 Adriana Silva 38.91 4 Magdalena García 37.47 5 Dolly Molina 35.86 References South American Championships in Athletics - Results Category:Events at the South American Championships in Athletics